Three Continents Cruise (Superior)
Day 1 - Depart USA Overnight flight to Athens.
Day 2 - Arrive Athens (2 nights) You are met at Athens airport and transferred to your hotel. After check-in the rest of the day is at leisure to explore. Later we enjoy a Welcome Drink with our local Trafalgar Representative in the hotel. (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 3 - Athens sightseeing Sightseeing includes a visit to the Acropolis, the Olympic stadium and the Evzone guards at the tomb of the unknown soldier. We'll also tour some of the most famous sites in Athens such as the Temple of Zeus and Hadrian's Arch. Afterwards, your afternoon and evening is at leisure. Why not dine on local specialities in one of Athens' many cosmopolitan restaurants" (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 4 - Athens — Cruising This morning is at leisure in Athens. This afternoon we are transferred to the port of Piraeus to board our cruise ship, our home for the next seven nights. (Dinner)
Day 5 - Cruising — at Sea Time to relax and enjoy the ship's facilities as we cruise to Egypt. (Buffet Breakfast / Lunch/ Dinner)
Day 6 - Cruising — Port Said — Pyramids Excursion We dock in Port Said at the entrance to the Suez Canal. Today we have a full day excursion to Cairo where we visit the Egyptian Museum, home of King Tutankhamun's priceless treasures, discovered by Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings in 1922. After an included lunch, we drive to see the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramids of Giza, overlooked by the inscrutable Sphinx. After free time to shop and take pictures we return to our ship in Port
Said. (Buffet Breakfast / Lunch/ Dinner)
Day 7 - Cruising — Ashdod — Jerusalem Excursion We dock in Ashdod this morning and drive through the Judean Mountains to Jerusalem, one of the oldest towns in the world. On arrival we will drive through the New City to the Mount of Olives with wonderful views over the Old City. Then on foot we will enter the old city and reach the Via Dolorosa, the route Jesus took to his Crucifixion. We see the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, then continue to the Jewish Quarter and the Wailing Wall, the location of King Solomon's Temple, where now stands the Dome of the Rock. We walk through the Bazaar and drive to a Kibbutz for lunch. After we drive to Bethlehem to visit the Church of the Nativity and have some free time before returning to our ship in Ashdod.(Buffet Breakfast / Lunch/ Dinner)
Day 8 - Cruising — Limassol We dock early at the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, where the day is yours to explore the city of Limassol, the centre of the Cypriot wine industry (Buffet Breakfast / Lunch/ Dinner)
Day 9 - Cruising — Antalya We arrive early in the Turkish port of Antalya, with time to explore the old town today and maybe visit the fascinating Archaeological Museum. (Buffet Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner)
Day 10 - Cruising — Santorini " Mykonos We visit the unique island of Santorini with its white cuboid houses, before continuing to Mykonos, renowned for its windmills this afternoon. There is time to shop in the amazing labyrinth of narrow little alleyways or just to relax and enjoy a cool drink in a taverna. (Buffet Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner)
Day 11 - Piraeus — Athens We disembark in Piraeus and are transferred back to our hotel in Athens. Time for last minute shopping or sightseeing or just to relax in a café. (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 12 - Athens — USA We transfer you to the airport for your return flight to the USA.
Day 13 - Cruise Ships operating this itinerary: Blue Monarch
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